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Amanda Peters is a Canadian writer from Falmouth, Nova Scotia, whose debut novel The Berry Pickers was the winner of the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, 2023 Barnes and Noble Discovery Prize, 2024 Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, and 2024 Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.
Nov 21, 2023 · Amanda Peters is a Mi’kmaq professor and novelist who wrote ‘The Berry Pickers’, a story about a missing child and the consequences of separation. She shares her writing journey, her inspiration, and her advice for aspiring artists in an interview with The Harvard Crimson.
Oct 28, 2023 · THE BERRY PICKERS, by Amanda Peters. It is 1962 and a Mi’kmaw family crosses from Nova Scotia into Maine to harvest berries as migrant workers. Once they arrive, everything falls into a...
Amanda Peters is a Canadian writer and educator who teaches English and Theatre at Acadia University in Nova Scotia. She is represented by Marilyn Biderman of Transatlantic Literary Agency and has a personal email and media contact information on her website.
Oct 30, 2023 · These stories were seeded into Peters’ mind and eventually inspired her new debut novel, The Berry Pickers. The book alternates perspectives between Joe, one of several children in a tight-knit Mi’kmaq family, whose younger sister Ruthie goes missing one summer on his watch, and Norma, a young girl who becomes increasingly aware that her ...
Mar 27, 2024 · Learn about Amanda Peters, the award-winning author of The Berry Pickers, a novel inspired by her father's stories of working in the Maine berry fields. Discover her insights on family, identity, and writing in this Q&A.
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Apr 4, 2023 · The Berry Pickers is a debut novel by Amanda Peters about a missing girl and a family's trauma in Maine. Read the book reviews, praise, and availability in Canada.
